Obama Says Russia ‘Reset Button’ Has Worked

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By HELENE COOPER
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/world/asia/16prexy.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia expressed dissatisfaction Sunday with Iran’s response to a nuclear offer made by world powers, raising the prospect that sanctions may be the next step in the West’s ongoing efforts to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

President Obama met President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia on the sidelines of two Asian summits in Singapore on Sunday.

The two men, meeting during an Asia-Pacific summit conference in Singapore before Mr. Obama traveled to Shanghai, also made progress in efforts to negotiate a replacement for a key arms control treaty between the United States and Russia that is set to expire in December, American administration officials said.